May 2, 2013

Twin Peaks Soundtrack Design Mix 8:Misc & Missing Pieces Mix

Twin Peaks Soundtrack Design Mix 8:Misc & Missing Pieces Mix (76:17)I have a few more mixes to post after this, but Mix 8 is a bit of a wrap up, and presents some missing and lost pieces. A combination of original mixes, recreations of TV mixes, extractions, and snippets of lost tracks.Listen to the mix on Mixcloud here. And check out the full size art in the Twin Peaks Archive Extra tab above.

5. Dance Of The Dream Man (Clarinet) (3:40)A regular “Clarinet” version wasn’t released from the Archive, so here it is:Mix Includes:- Dance Of The Dream Man (Drums & Bass)- Dance Of The Dream Man (Solo Clarinet)

8. Freshly Squeezed (Fast Cool Jazz Clean) (Edit) (2:01)Unfortunately, the full version of this track was lost, and the version released from the Archive was only 1:30, and was missing the first 2:13 of the track. This version incorporates the beginning section (from the other versions before the solos begin), creating the fullest version possible using the released materials. Unfortunately, its still missing around 1:40.

10. Love Theme (Light Edit) (3:14)Reedit of the original “Love Theme” heard in Episode 10:(Donna meets with Harold, he tells her Laura wanted him to contact her if anything ever happened, he gives her a hybrid flower to put on Laura’s grave)This track was cause for a bit of confusion for a while because it sounds as if it’s a different take than the original. It has different timing and a held last note. But upon further examination, its really just a reedit of the original with a altered (stretched) final flute note.This elongated final note can also be heard here in episode 8:(Andy cries after Cooper & Albert lay out all the evidence in the case thus far)When the Archive tracks were being released, we were asking for the “Light” version to be released, because we were still thinking it was a different version. Thus the release of the “Light” track from the Archive. But that track was actually just a cut-off edit of “Love Theme Dark”. Presumingly, Dean found it and thought it was what people were asking for.Anyway, here is the reedit as heard in the Donna/Harold scene (my version is slightly different, as I evened out the timing of the stretched sections in comparison to the TV mix).

12. Solo Percussion (Spelunking Mix) (1:34)Recreation of mix heard in Episode 25:(Andy shows off his spelunking skills to Lucy)Mix Includes:- Solo Percussion 2 (Grady’s Waltz)- Solo Percussion 3- “Spelunking” (extraction)The little 5-note section that plays over the track at 0:36 is unreleased, and it is unknown if it is part of a longer track or not. I extracted the audio from the DVDs for this mix.

14. Evelyn’s Mourning (TV Mix) (1:59)Recreation of mix heard in Episode 22:(Evelyn in veil after Jeffery’s death, interviewed by cops)Mix Includes:- Evelyn’s Mourning- Laura Palmer’s Theme (Solo Piano)The Archive briefly released a version of this mix (similar but not the same as the TV mix) before the original tracks were found and released. This mix is more faithful to the version heard in the episode.

15. Stair Music (Danger Theme) (Full) (2:37)One unanswered mystery of the Archive releases is why “Danger Theme” was released in an edited/altered format. The released version omits the post-climax end section, and instead repeats the opening motif. The full version remains unreleased.This is the best I could do to recreate the full version (with post-climax) using extractions from the DVDs.

16. Stair Music (Danger Theme) (Slower Ending) (1:27)Version with slowed ending heard in Episode 15:(Outside the Palmer house the night of Maddy’s murder (hear her scream)...Leland plays golf in the living room)One again using the extraction of the post-climax ending

20. Red Room Noise (1:00)21. Giant’s Theme (1:00)I had been hoping for some of the “sound effects” to be released from the Archive, but unfortunately, that wasn’t to be. Some were released on the bootlegs though. But these two, “Red Room Noise” and “Giant’s Theme” were not. These are both one minute loops created from extractions from the DVDs. Who knows the lengths of the originals, or even if they were originally part of longer tracks.Missing tracks:Sadly, there were a few tracks that were completely missing from the Archive and may forever remain lost and unreleased. Here they are as small snippets via extractions. Pretty sad- especially “Earle’s Theme (Strings)”, which was only heard in a “Previously On Twin Peaks” commercial, and sounds especially cool. Thanks to Qbin for these extractions.

22. The Swan (Instrumental) (partial extraction) (0:33)Heard in the Pilot:(Truman’s nighttime visit to Josie)(Instrumental version of Julee Cruise’s “The Swan”)